Office work
up and to the office where I hatch a turd of affliction
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 19 December 1665.
Dave Bonta
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up and to the office where I hatch a turd of affliction
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 19 December 1665.
In just three lines, the speaker heads off to work and describes what happens when they arrive. The key image is blunt and a little shocking: instead of getting something done, they "hatch a turd of affliction." The word "hatch" usually belongs to eggs, plans and schemes, things that promise…
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